We open Saturday at Hilliard and the weather is always crappy, but you have start somewhere. It's something you have to get used to when you coach a spring sport in Ohio.

It's very difficult to get two coaches to agree to allow athletes to do something like this before many reasons with the injury factor being probably the biggest. Todd probably has a harder time sharing them with me right now because it's softball girls who are helping me, but maybe in the future the roles will be reversed.

It's a good thing our convertible is built for all-weather use.

If the fire index is low, during the summer and depending on the weather, fires are allowed, but if it's dangerous, we put out open fire bans. There is no open burning except with a permit that is given by a local fire chief, but any time you're burning on your own property a permit is needed any time of day.

When the weather turns nice, folks go out and purchase fertilizer without much thought to what they are applying. Without a soil test it is easy to over apply nutrients, like phosphorus, that end up in our local streams and rivers.

It's been a long time in coming, ... When I sat on this roof in 120-degree weather I couldn't wait for this day.